Coin-controlled mechanism.



J. E. NEALY'. COIN CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

1,171,456. APPLICATION F ILED MAY I7. 1915, Patented 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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COIN CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILEDMAY 11'. |915.

Patgnted Feb. 15, 1916.

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trolled mechanisms used in D STA 1 V JOHN EDWARD 'NEALY; or NEWIYOR-KQN. Y. I

COIN-CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

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Be it known thatlI, JOHN EDYVARD NEALY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Coin-Controlled Mechanism. of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to vending machines and more particularly to coin conconjunction therewith. I I

In my co-pending applications Serial Numbers 28,579 and 28,581, I have disclosed in the one case, a vending machine adapted and arranged when a coin is deposited 7 Specification of LetterslP-atent.

' table is indicated at butsince said table therein to renderaccessible a flexible table? and a deck of cards together with means for f holding the table in distendedposition 'so that in exchange for a coin means areprovided'for playing a gameof cards before tated; and in the other a vending machine. The present application is intended to cover particularly the coin controlled mechanismsemployed 1n con 'unction' with an apparatus of the type above outlined.

' A further ob3ect of the nvention 1s to provide means for registering the number .of coins deposlted.

Further objects and advantagesof the invention will be set forth" in the detailed description which now follows. i

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a front elevation of a vending machine having the coin controlled mechanism ap- I I plied thereto; Fig. 2 1s a vertical sectional view upon line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section looking from the rear toward the front with the locking bar in its lowered position; Fig. t is a like view with the lock bar in its raised or un locked position; Fig. 5 is a view partlyin plan and partly in horizontal section; Fig.

6 is a horizontal sectional view; and, Fig. '7 is a detail view of a lock barherelnafter described. I V

T.- 11118.6 numeials designate corresponding parts 1n all of the figures of the drawing. Referrlng to the drawing, the numeral 5 designates a casing divided by a horizon tal wall 6 into a small upper compartment 7 and a lower compartment 8. The front .of the lower compartment is closed by a. hinged, spring actuated door 9 and carries uponits inner face a rack 10 for the reception of a deck of cards. A folded flexible terminates at substantially the level of the forms no "part offthepresent. invention, fur- Pat'ented Feb. 15,1916. Application filedMay 17,19'15. seria masesa i a gages guide'studs in such manner that j s it is capable of a limited .verticalfmove- I ment as before stated. This lock bariis cut out at 16' to provide tongues 17 arranged to pass through the horizontal portions 13 of ears19, said ears being carried by the *door. The upper end of the lock bar is bent I toprovide a. horizontal extension 13,. This extension isnotched at 13* for a purpose hereinafter set forth. a i

The rear and side'wallsof the casing 5 are extended upwardly beyond the horizontal wall 6 as indicated in Fig. 3 but the door 9 wall 6 and the casing proper hasnotop wall.

-Upon the contrary, the front and top of. the casing 5 are closed by an l. shaped member comprising a front wall 19 and-a top wall 20; Thesi'de walls of the casing-5 carry straps 21 provided with horizontal eaten v *sions;22 beneath which the edges ofthe top "20 engage; A look 23 controllable bya key when placed. in key-hole -24 so arranged "thatthisbolt' 25'may be projected into a re thereupon becomes a coin receptacle.

,c'ess'26 ofthe side wasllof the casing so that the L shaped member, is thereby locked in place; is carried by, and movable into place with this L shaped member, and this L shaped member completes the compartment 7 slot 2 provides means for depositing a coin .in coin chute-'28. A coin deposited in said coin chute will rest upon a tail 29 of a lever30. This lever is pivoted at '31 and is forked at 32 to engage a stud 33 of a-sleeve 34. This sleeve carries circumferential flanges 35 which'when thel. shaped member is slipped into place and below the horizontal extension 13 Allof the coin controlled mechanism which A coin engage above v of the lockingbar 13. Thesleeve 34 is guided upon apin. 36 carried by a, stud 37projecting from the wall 19. A spring 38 normally tends to force this" sleeve downwardly, said, sprlng bearing between extension 39 of stud 37 and apin 40 carried by the sleeve. Alink 41 is connected to the stud 33 andpivotally engages the crank arm 42 of a counter 43. When a coin rests in the position illustrated in Fig.3 it lies in a path of a curved lever 44 carried by the shaft of a handle 45 so that when said handle is actuated, the curved lever acts upon the coin and forces said coin downwardly to depress the tail 29 of lever 30. V This lifts the forked end of said lever, lifts the sleeve 3-1 against the tongue of spring 37 and through the medium of the flanges and extension 13 lifts the locking bar to carry the tongue 17 out of engagement with ears 18 to thereby unlock the door. Afterthe tail 29 has moved downwardly a predetermined distance, the coin moves past the point a of the coin chute to such an extent that it is projected from the coin chute and falls upon the bottom of compartment 7. A spring 46 is wound upon the pivot of lever 4:4: and normally tends to move said lever to the position illustrated in Fig. 8.

The counter provides means for registering the number of coins deposited, so that a check upon the collectors of such coins may be had.

lVhile the elements shown and described are Well adapted to serve the purpose for which they are intended, it is to be under stood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth, but that it includes within its purview such changes as come within the spirit as well as the terms of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I' claim 1s p 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a vertically disposed coin chute opened at its upper and lower ends, of a lever pivoted outside of said chute, and having one end disposed beneath the lower end of said chute, a manually operable oscillatory shaft disposed outside of said chute, a curved lever mounted thereon and movable therewith, said coin chute having an opening in one of its sides through which said lever swingingly moves, said lever having a convex upper face and the movement of said lever being in an arcuate path and across said coin chute.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a pivoted lever having a curved upwardly directed tail, of a coin chute beneath which the tail end of said lever is disposed, a second lever which acts in said coin chute to force the coin deposited therein against the first named lever, a han dle for actuating said second lever, a vertical movable sleeve, a stud carried thereby, said stud engaging in a recess formed in the first named lever, and means normally tending to force said sleeve downwardly.

In a device of the character described, the combination with a pivoted lever having a curved upwardly directed tail, of a coin chute beneath which the tail end of said lever is disposed, a second lever which acts in said coin chute to force the coin deposited therein against the first named lever, a handie for actuating said second lever, a vertical movable sleeve, a stud carried thereby, said stud engaging in a recess formed in the first named lever, means normally tending to force said sleeve downwardly and a fixed guide rod upon which said sleeve is slidably disposed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

F. W. TAYLOR, L. F. OUADA.

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